{"id":3447,"date":"2020-07-15T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2020-08-06T13:16:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:16:35","slug":"board-certified-veterinary-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/board-certified-veterinary-surgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Grade: Why Choose a Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A general veterinarian performs many routine surgeries; however, you may find that they refer you to a board certified veterinary surgeon when the surgery is beyond their realm of expertise or perhaps needs 24 hour care and monitoring post-operatively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both human and veterinary medicine have doctors who specialize. These specialists spend extra years accumulating even more advanced expertise and education. Just as with human medicine, a hip surgery or heart surgery isn\u2019t going to be performed in your regular physician\u2019s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A board certified veterinary surgeon has extensive training in soft-tissue and orthopedic surgery and therefore has a wide range of experience since their entire daily focus is performing surgeries. These include routine surgeries although more commonly include complex surgeries<\/a> that may require more advanced diagnostics or the input of multiple specialists. The board-certified surgeons at Oakland Veterinary Referral Services have access to advanced diagnostics, 24 hour doctor supervised nursing care and the input from multiple veterinary specialists as needed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the Difference Between Board Certified and Primary Care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Veterinarians undergo four years of rigorous training in veterinary medicine after completing an undergraduate degree. That is an impressive amount of education in itself although some veterinarians continue their training to specialize in areas such as Dermatology<\/a>, Cardiology<\/a>, Oncology<\/a> or Critical Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to become a board certified veterinary surgeon, they must complete an additional 12-month internship followed by a 3-year residency that is approved by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. During this time, they will work to perform a variety of nonstandard surgeries, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n